PS 20

Absolute zero

Temperature that all motion stops

Calorie

0.239 calories

Celsius

Scale based on freezing and boiling of water

Conduction

Energy transfer through contact

Convection 

Heat energy involved in melting/freezing

Endothermic 

Absobrs heat

Exothermic

Releases heat

Heat of fusion

Heat energy involved in melting/freezing

Heat of reaction

Heat involved in a chemical reaction

Heat of solution

Hot energy involved when a solute dissolves in a solvent

Heat of vaporization

Heat energy involved in boiling/condensing

Joule

Kelvin

Scale with no negative numbers

Latent heat

Heat energy involved in a change of state

Specific heat 

Energy required to change the temperature of a substance